COSMIC PERS:STARS GAL+COSMO ASTR 5
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Chapter 4, Problem 35EAP
Testing Gravity. Scientists are continually trying to learn whether our current understanding of gravity is complete or must be modified. Describe how the observed motion of spacecraft headed out of our solar system (such as the Voyager spacecraft) can be used to test the accuracy of our current theory of gravity.
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